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Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms
A glossary of computer and Internet terms with definitions that are easy to understand.
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ASCII

ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange is the numerical code that all computers use to represent all letters, both upper and lower case, punctuation and numbers. This prevents computers from using different sets of letters and causing confusion with programmers.